Financial industry splits over who Budget 2026 actually serves

While spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure is expected to drive a 14.2% increase in global IT spending this year, not all enterprises are raising their spending that much, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday (Aug. 28), citing a forecast by Gartner. Enterprises’ technology budgets are being challenged by inflation, supply shortages, rising hardware costs, AI…

Musician Jason Isbell is leading a group of artists suing AI music generator Suno, alleging the company has misappropriated and exploited their identities. The group, which also includes Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven frontman David Lowery, Texas blues singer-songwriter Guy Forsyth, and saxophonist Eduardo Calle, has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. The…

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump brought many of the most powerful people in AI to the White House, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. At a high level, most want some version of the same thing: more data center capacity, faster permitting, more…

A new compliance process for lower or nil tax deduction certificates has come into effect from 1 April 2026. Taxpayers who obtain such a certificate through Form No. 128 may need to generate separate child certificates for the people or organisations making payments to them. The process is part of the revamped TRACES system under…

Aon: Remaining Cautious Amid USI Acquisition

Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 CALL PARTICIPANTS President and Chief Executive Officer – Martina McIsaac Chief Financial Officer – Rob Kuhns Vice President of Investor Relations and Business Development – Ryan Mills TAKEAWAYS Net Sales — $1.1 billion, representing 8.6% average daily sales growth driven by both price and volume….